The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document every historical Warplane preserved in Canada. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are by the author unless otherwise credited. Any errors found here are by the author, and any additions, correctons or amendments to this list of Warplanes in Canada would be most welcome and may be e-mailed to the author at hskaarup@rogers.com.

Supermarine 377 Seafire Mk. XV (Serial No. PR451), TG-B, at HMCS Tecumseh, ca. 1977, before being restored and moved indoors. PR451 is one of the last remaining Seafires. It was acquired for the RCN from the Royal Navy in January 1946. It had been originally delivered to the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) at RDU Culham on 5 Oct 1945. PR451 was flown by 803 Squadron operating from the Aircraft Carrier HMCS Warrior. 803 Squadron became part of the 19th Support Air Group at Shearwater, Nova Scotia in January 1951 and was renumbered VF-870 on 1 Mar 1951. The Squadron was disbanded in September 1962.

Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard Mk. 4 (Serial No. TBC), mounted on a pylon. This Harvard memorial is a tribute to the pilots of #15 Service Flight Training School, part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Program, which was based in Claresholm for many years.

In September 1919, former First World War fighter pilot Wop May and his company, May Aeroplanes, was hired by Edmonton Police Chief Hill during their manhunt for John Larson, wanted on two counts of murder (including of a police officer)and a break-in. May flew Edmonton Police Detective James Campbell to the small town of Edson, and Larson was caught soon thereafter. This was the first time an aircraft was used in a manhunt.

The aircraft preserved in the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, are listed on a separate web page.

Fairchild (Fleet, Fort Erie) Cornell Mk. II (Serial No. 10575), coded FC 80. This Cornell was taken on strength by No. 2 Training Command, RCAF on 17 March 1943. It was delivered to No. 23 Elementary Flying Training School at Davidson, Saskatchewan on 27 March 1943. It later went to No. 2 Air Command on 1 December 1944. It placed into the stored reserve on 17 January 1945. It was later stored at No. 202 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Station at Mossbank, Saskatchewan. It was noted as a "frozen series" on 7 July 1945. It awaited pending disposal there from 8 April 1946.To civil register as CF-HIH. On 2 December 1946 it was struck off, and sent to War Assets Corporation for disposal. It is currently owned by Greg Morrison.

Wetaskiwin, Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame

This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been flown by members of the Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the Canadian Forces. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active Canadian squadrons both at home and overseas. 100 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to Canadian service aircraft. For those who like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or on display as gate guardians throughout Canada and overseas. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type. Although many of Canada's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view Canada's Warplane survivors.